World Red Cross Day (Red Crescent Day) is celebrated all over the world, on 8th May. The theme for 2019 is #Love. It aims to broaden the public’s understanding of society by highlighting the diversity and universality of its work and approach.
Red Cross Society: established by the Geneva Convention of 1864.
India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea Ltd announced a five-year multi-million-dollar IT outsourcing deal with tech giant IBM.
This engagement will also contribute to Vodafone Idea's merger co-operation by reducing its IT-related costs.
Balesh Sharma-CEO-Vodafone Idea Ltd.
RBI has decided to increase the housing loan limits for RRBs & SFBs for eligibility under priority sector lending to bring them at par with other Scheduled Commercial Banks. This is in alignment with the income criteria specified under PMAY.
PMAY: Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
According To Interstellar Technology Inc., the unmanned Momo-3 launched from its test site in Hokkaido and reached about 110 kilometers in altitude before falling into the Pacific Ocean after 10 minutes of flight time.
Japan is the host country of G20 summit 2019.
Standard Life has divested 1.78% of its stake in HDFC Life Insurance. The divestment was done through the offer for sale route and the issue sailed through successfully with both qualified institutional investors and retail investor quotas.
HDFC Bank CEO- Aditya Puri.
India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Sherpas meeting were held in Cochin, Kerala. The Indian delegation was led by T.S. Tirumurti, Secretary (Economic Relations) in Ministry of External Affairs.
Presidents:
Brazil:Jair Bolsonaro
South Africa: Cyril Ramaphosa
The external debt of state-owned electricity discoms is set to increase to pre-UDAY levels of ₹2.6 lakh crore by the end of this fiscal. Crisil’s report is based on an analysis of discoms in 15 states that account for 85% of the aggregate losses
HQs of CRISIL-Mumbai
Telecom company Bharti Airtel and Hughes Communications India (HCIL) have decided to combine their VSAT (Very Small Aperture Terminal) satellite communications operations in India. The transaction is subject to approvals by relevant authorities
Sunil Mittal is the Founder and Chairman of Bharti Enterprises
Bandana , an 18-year old girl from Nepal, set a Guinness World Record on ‘Longest Dancing Marathon by an Individual’. She danced continuously to Nepalese music continuously for 126 hours.
She broke Kalamandalam Hemlatha’s record-123 h and 15 min
Former Indian Cue sports Player, Coach and administrator Derek Sippy, who was in his 60s, died due to a massive heart attack in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
BSAM-Billiards and Snooker Association of Maharashtra.